August Ferdinand Möbius
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August Ferdinand Möbius was a German mathematician and theoretical astronomer.
Engraving of Möbius by Adolf Neumann, c. 1850
1843 copy of Die Elemente der Mechanik des Himmels
First page to a 1843 copy of Die Elemente der Mechanik des Himmels
Möbius strip
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In mathematics, a Möbius strip, Möbius band, or Möbius loop is a surface that can be formed by attaching the ends of a strip of paper together with a half-twist. As a mathematical object, it was disco
August Ferdinand Möbius
…His son Theodor was a noted philologist. He is best known for his discovery of the Möbius strip, a non-orientable two-dimensional surface with only one side when embedded in three-dimensional Euclidean space. It was independently discovered by…
A paper Möbius strip
Mosaic from ancient Sentinum depicting Aion holding a Möbius strip
Chain pump with a Möbius drive chain, by Ismail al-Jazari (1206)
Endless Twist, Max Bill, 1956, from the Middelheim Open Air Sculpture Museum